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ch33psh33p
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
7650 Posts
June 01 2012 22:13 GMT
#281
On June 02 2012 07:11 Roxor9999 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 02 2012 07:01 Kaxon wrote:
On June 02 2012 06:32 thrawn1020 wrote:
MKP just barely made it back into Code S. If he struggles this season, is his reign at an end? Live in the now. He may not be Code S material for very long if he doesn't step up his game.


Huh? He won his U&D group with ease. He's still a beast, one of the best players out there. Everyone loses matches sometimes.

He came in second.



He still beat his group with ease, losing only to Ace.
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ragz_gt
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
9172 Posts
June 01 2012 22:14 GMT
#282
On June 02 2012 06:32 thrawn1020 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 02 2012 05:50 ragz_gt wrote:
On June 02 2012 05:35 polyphonyEX wrote:
On June 02 2012 04:14 hangene92 wrote:
I would have to agree with the majority, Group F seems the hardest.


It has two 'lower'-tier players in Symbol and Yugioh. Parting is currently being overshadowed by Squirtle and MC and Marineking hasn't been dominating recently at all.

Most overrated group.


This is also the most volatile group, which makes it the group of death.

PartinG's relatively mediocre PvZ and the possibility of fight 2x Z in a row.
-->We'll find out just how good he is, in a little bit.
MKP recently lost to all three in the group.
-->MKP just barely made it back into Code S. If he struggles this season, is his reign at an end? Live in the now. He may not be Code S material for very long if he doesn't step up his game.
Symbol is absolutely on fire the last few months.
-->Sure, but is it worth caring about. Symbol might just go out early.....I require results at the GSL level before I annoint someone as being a new zerg hope.
To a lesser extent, so is YogiOh.
-->Some player who has not performed to what the expectations have been. Constantly has impressed CodeA /Sometimes Code S Casters. He did OK during the Up/Downs, but was nothing outstanding. We're still waiting for him to show something to make us really say he belongs in the top 20-40 players in the world.

Any combination of them making out would not be a surprise, really.

Plus:
MKP vs PartinG are always pretty epic.
MKP's rematch against YugiOh who knocked him into U&D.
Symbol as the next hot Zerg.

All these add up to make this the most entertaining group.


Edit: My stuff in bold.


If you going to nitpicking you can say similar stuff about all group though
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ragz_gt
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
9172 Posts
June 01 2012 22:16 GMT
#283
On June 02 2012 07:13 ch33psh33p wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 02 2012 07:11 Roxor9999 wrote:
On June 02 2012 07:01 Kaxon wrote:
On June 02 2012 06:32 thrawn1020 wrote:
MKP just barely made it back into Code S. If he struggles this season, is his reign at an end? Live in the now. He may not be Code S material for very long if he doesn't step up his game.


Huh? He won his U&D group with ease. He's still a beast, one of the best players out there. Everyone loses matches sometimes.

He came in second.



He still beat his group with ease, losing only to Ace.


He destroyed everyone to 4-0 before losing to AcE in a epic fun game where he was trying to give B4 anothre chance at promotion.
I'm not an otaku, I'm a specialist.
JazzJackrabbit
Profile Joined March 2012
Canada1272 Posts
June 01 2012 22:18 GMT
#284
Group F, god damn....
Sumahi
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
Guam5609 Posts
June 01 2012 22:20 GMT
#285
I'm so happy to see Ace finally in Code S, but I'm worried he's gonna be roadkill in his group and quickly drop back down to Code A.
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FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
June 01 2012 22:51 GMT
#286
On June 02 2012 06:32 thrawn1020 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 02 2012 05:50 ragz_gt wrote:
On June 02 2012 05:35 polyphonyEX wrote:
On June 02 2012 04:14 hangene92 wrote:
I would have to agree with the majority, Group F seems the hardest.


It has two 'lower'-tier players in Symbol and Yugioh. Parting is currently being overshadowed by Squirtle and MC and Marineking hasn't been dominating recently at all.

Most overrated group.


This is also the most volatile group, which makes it the group of death.

PartinG's relatively mediocre PvZ and the possibility of fight 2x Z in a row.
-->We'll find out just how good he is, in a little bit.
MKP recently lost to all three in the group.
-->MKP just barely made it back into Code S. If he struggles this season, is his reign at an end? Live in the now. He may not be Code S material for very long if he doesn't step up his game.
Symbol is absolutely on fire the last few months.
-->Sure, but is it worth caring about. Symbol might just go out early.....I require results at the GSL level before I annoint someone as being a new zerg hope.
To a lesser extent, so is YogiOh.
-->Some player who has not performed to what the expectations have been. Constantly has impressed CodeA /Sometimes Code S Casters. He did OK during the Up/Downs, but was nothing outstanding. We're still waiting for him to show something to make us really say he belongs in the top 20-40 players in the world.

Any combination of them making out would not be a surprise, really.

Plus:
MKP vs PartinG are always pretty epic.
MKP's rematch against YugiOh who knocked him into U&D.
Symbol as the next hot Zerg.

All these add up to make this the most entertaining group.


Edit: My stuff in bold.


Is Symbol worth caring about? The hell? You do realize he had to beat sC, Seed, and Jjakji(who he rolled HARD) to get here right? That's a very difficult road that included a gsl champ and opponents who are all very good against zerg. Never mind his recent 2nd places at two major tournaments, winning a lengthy qualifier and getting 2nd in another. Never mind that he's been the most creative Zerg for the past few months. Never mind that he's the sole representative of TSL and this is his first shot at code S. No let's dismiss him for not doing well in code S yet. Yeah fuck that.

Also, I'd say if anything, Yugioh has exceeded what little expectations anyone had for him. At least, for me, this is the first time I'm actually excited to see him play. He played very well against MKP to secure his spot. It wasn't like he just slipped through the cracks this time. He payed the iron price for his code S :p.
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Witten
Profile Joined January 2011
United States2094 Posts
June 01 2012 23:09 GMT
#287
On June 02 2012 07:51 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 02 2012 06:32 thrawn1020 wrote:
On June 02 2012 05:50 ragz_gt wrote:
On June 02 2012 05:35 polyphonyEX wrote:
On June 02 2012 04:14 hangene92 wrote:
I would have to agree with the majority, Group F seems the hardest.


It has two 'lower'-tier players in Symbol and Yugioh. Parting is currently being overshadowed by Squirtle and MC and Marineking hasn't been dominating recently at all.

Most overrated group.


This is also the most volatile group, which makes it the group of death.

PartinG's relatively mediocre PvZ and the possibility of fight 2x Z in a row.
-->We'll find out just how good he is, in a little bit.
MKP recently lost to all three in the group.
-->MKP just barely made it back into Code S. If he struggles this season, is his reign at an end? Live in the now. He may not be Code S material for very long if he doesn't step up his game.
Symbol is absolutely on fire the last few months.
-->Sure, but is it worth caring about. Symbol might just go out early.....I require results at the GSL level before I annoint someone as being a new zerg hope.
To a lesser extent, so is YogiOh.
-->Some player who has not performed to what the expectations have been. Constantly has impressed CodeA /Sometimes Code S Casters. He did OK during the Up/Downs, but was nothing outstanding. We're still waiting for him to show something to make us really say he belongs in the top 20-40 players in the world.

Any combination of them making out would not be a surprise, really.

Plus:
MKP vs PartinG are always pretty epic.
MKP's rematch against YugiOh who knocked him into U&D.
Symbol as the next hot Zerg.

All these add up to make this the most entertaining group.


Edit: My stuff in bold.


Is Symbol worth caring about? The hell? You do realize he had to beat sC, Seed, and Jjakji(who he rolled HARD) to get here right? That's a very difficult road that included a gsl champ and opponents who are all very good against zerg. Never mind his recent 2nd places at two major tournaments, winning a lengthy qualifier and getting 2nd in another. Never mind that he's been the most creative Zerg for the past few months. Never mind that he's the sole representative of TSL and this is his first shot at code S. No let's dismiss him for not doing well in code S yet. Yeah fuck that.

Also, I'd say if anything, Yugioh has exceeded what little expectations anyone had for him. At least, for me, this is the first time I'm actually excited to see him play. He played very well against MKP to secure his spot. It wasn't like he just slipped through the cracks this time. He payed the iron price for his code S :p.


What he actually meant to say is that he has no idea who Symbol is and that he hasn't seem him play, therefore he's not very good.
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opterown *
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54785 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-01 23:20:50
June 01 2012 23:20 GMT
#288
MARINEKINGGGG
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GuitarBizarre
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United Kingdom332 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-01 23:28:14
June 01 2012 23:20 GMT
#289
I'm surprised how quickly people are jumping on MKPs grave (Or should I say, I'm surprised how stupid thrawn is being, to try and state that someone like MKP is bad if you "live in the now"). Regardless of who the other players in his group are, it was only 2 months ago that MKP was LITERALLY being introduced by every caster who cared to commentate his games, as "The Best Player In The World", repeatedly. (Except maybe Artosis, and we all know the Artosis curse, so thats probably a good sign)

On top of that, MKP has been inches away from GSL titles since 2010. If ANYONE is going to suddenly fall off in a 2 months span and be left behind by the metagame, I'm pretty sure its not gonna be a guy who has maintained consistently Code S form since 2010. His worst result in that time was getting 13th in 2011 MLG providence against a STACKED bracket, including MVP, Leenock, MMA, etc.

Who knocked him out? MVP. The Best Terran in the World at the time. And the current GSL champ.

2 months might be an appreciable amount of time in SC2, and we've seen players fall off in that time, but MKP is still unbelievably good, and he's already long proven he's not some flash in the pan who got lucky in getting into Code S. He's a monster, and regardless of recent results, any player that gets him in their group and doesn't fear him just a little, is underestimating him. And on MKP's side, he's not going to fall apart just because of a few recent losses, he's been around too long for that.

Group F = Group of death. MKP isn't by any stretch an underdog like some people seem to think. Symbol is battling to prove his good form isn't a passing phase, YuGiOh and Parting are both just really, REALLY good players.

If I had to rank the group in terms of overall skill though, I'd have to say: MKP, Parting, Symbol, YuGiOh.
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IMHope
Profile Joined February 2011
Korea (South)1241 Posts
June 01 2012 23:26 GMT
#290
Thorzain got the easiest group, might actually have a chance to make it out of there.
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GhandiEAGLE
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States20754 Posts
June 01 2012 23:47 GMT
#291
wait, guys, where is stephano??
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jobber123rd
Profile Joined December 2011
United States501 Posts
June 01 2012 23:52 GMT
#292
On June 02 2012 08:47 GhandiEAGLE wrote:
wait, guys, where is stephano??


He moved his trip to Korea back to August.
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opterown *
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54785 Posts
June 01 2012 23:55 GMT
#293
On June 02 2012 08:47 GhandiEAGLE wrote:
wait, guys, where is stephano??

lol mods should put a mod note saying when steph is coming
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dgwow
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada1024 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-02 00:08:07
June 02 2012 00:04 GMT
#294
Group A: Hero GhostKing
Group B: Creator NesTea
Group C: Squirtle Keen
Group D: Mvp Happy
Group E: Sniper MC
Group F: PartinG MKP
Group G: Maru DRG
Group H: Taeja Leenock

I'm giving MKP a chance given that he usually bounces back in GSL after going to up and downs right away.

So that would be:

5 Protoss
7 Terran
4 Zerg

Which is a pretty good balance of races Even better if Symbol makes it over MKP which would give 5 6 5
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SpecFire
Profile Joined December 2010
United States1681 Posts
June 02 2012 00:06 GMT
#295
Group A: Hero, GhostKing
-Chance of Getting out (or this occuring): 4/5
Notes: Seed is unproven and has not shown Code S level play, despite the hype. Curious does not stand a chance vs Hero, and GhostKing is on fire.

Group B Nestea, Creator
-Chance of Getting out: 2/5
Notes: This group can go ANY way. Naniwa can easily beat Creator in a PvP, and TheSTC defeated freaking DRG last season easily. But I'm going with a revived Nestea (who has been out of Code S in RO32 2 seasons in a row) and a Creator with good PvP.

Group C Squirtle, ThorZaIN
Chances of Getting Out: 4/5
Notes: Squirtle is a sure go. However, I hope he isn't too affected by his loss in the finals (runner-up curse). I believe thorZaIN, with the help of SlayerS house, can defeated GuMiho in a TvT. Keen is a no-go, even though he beat MMA (MMA played shitty).


Group D MVP, Genius
Chances of Getting Out: 4/5
Notes: Only upset here could be Happy over Genius. However, I like Genius's PvT. Also, as SlayerS_Miya says, Protoss imba.

Group E SuperNoVa, MC
Chances of Getting Out: 3/5
Notes: Even though GanZI may have MC's number at times, GanZI's TvP is shit. Also, MC should have the advantage in the GSL. Sniper could come up big here, defeating both MC and SuperNova, but I have faith in Supernova.

Group F Marineking, Parting
Chances of Getting Out: 3/5
Notes: First, Marineking WILL beat YuGiOh. After a close series in Code A, Marineking will study those games and I am sure he will be back and crush YuGiOh. Symbol Parting can go either way, but I give the edge to Parting. Yeah, every one of these guys can defeat MKP, but Marineking will learn and adapt.

Group G DongRaeGu, viOLet
Chances of Getting Out: 3/5
Notes: Idk why everyone is freaking out about this group. Oz has lost his fire, and I believe Maru is overrated. Dongraegu is a for sure go, and I will violet's ZvP over Oz. However, Violet might be different in the GSL than in overseas tournaments.

Group H Leenock, Ryung
Chances of Getting out: 4/5
Notes: Taeja will crush Ace. Idk how the hell he got into Code S. And in TvT , I give Ryung the edge over Taeja.

Lemme know what you guys think.
•|SlayerS_MMA| • Ryung • Fin • Puzzle •
Shield
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Bulgaria4824 Posts
June 02 2012 00:08 GMT
#296
It feels rigged to me that Nestea is in the same group with Naniwa. Also Squirtle vs 3 terrans... -.-
thrawn1020
Profile Joined April 2011
United States32 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-02 00:12:24
June 02 2012 00:11 GMT
#297
Well, @FrostedMiniWheats and @Witten, neither one of you seems to have understood what I was saying.

I saw Symbol play. He was good. I know he has good results in foreign tournaments. I've seen the record.

Jjakji: didn't make it back into Code S. Also wildly overrated for his play in recent months. Sc: Struggling with his health, sure; but what league is he in? Code B. NO offense intended there, but he is in Code B. And lastly, Seed. Low-tier Code S player. Likely to perennially be in the Up and Down matches. I want better for him, but he hasn't shown it yet.

I want to see players do well coming out of Code B, don't get me wrong. I'm no Yonghwa apologist. There are people who have repeatedly qualified since we knew about Yonghwa. I know, the Code A qualifier is hard; but there are players who are more deserving of Code A slots; many are in Code A now.

Quoting GuitarBizarre "And on MKP's side, he's not going to fall apart just because of a few recent losses, he's been around too long for that."

Really, nobody has been around too long for that. Nobody is proven. MKP has one of the worst styles of any of the Code S terrans remaining for TvT. Only Happy and theSTC are worse, and they are at least practicing the right styles. And if you think that MKP can't fall out just because he survived GomTvT, then I urge you to watch the first round of Code A. Bring your handkerchief; there will be crying involved when some of your favorite old Terrans fall out. At this point, MKP is too good to lose out of Code A, but I see him as easily able to slip out of Code S and have some trouble coming back. This is no weekend tournament; This is a preparation-based format where it is not merely the best player at playing 30 games in a row who wins, it is the player who can define what it is about the other player they can attack and break down, and then execute it. And second places in foreign events that happen over a weekend, and/or old GSL formats that involved a lot of substandard players, don't mean diddly to me. I don't pay for the GSL to watch ladder games; I judge based on the best, most prepared games possible, with a specific opponent in mind. And the GSL has delivered. Casters can say what they want; words are wind. They are paid for them. MKP has been the best performer abroad in weekend tournaments -- congratulations to him. But I have more respect for players who win a GSL than players who win any foreign tournament -- excepting Jjakji, who has fallen off precipitously since he won.

Oh, and never, ever, did I say I thought MKP was "bad".
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dgwow
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada1024 Posts
June 02 2012 00:12 GMT
#298
On June 02 2012 09:06 SpecFire wrote:
Group A: Hero, GhostKing
-Chance of Getting out (or this occuring): 4/5
Notes: Seed is unproven and has not shown Code S level play, despite the hype. Curious does not stand a chance vs Hero, and GhostKing is on fire.

Group B Nestea, Creator
-Chance of Getting out: 2/5
Notes: This group can go ANY way. Naniwa can easily beat Creator in a PvP, and TheSTC defeated freaking DRG last season easily. But I'm going with a revived Nestea (who has been out of Code S in RO32 2 seasons in a row) and a Creator with good PvP.

Group C Squirtle, ThorZaIN
Chances of Getting Out: 4/5
Notes: Squirtle is a sure go. However, I hope he isn't too affected by his loss in the finals (runner-up curse). I believe thorZaIN, with the help of SlayerS house, can defeated GuMiho in a TvT. Keen is a no-go, even though he beat MMA (MMA played shitty).


Group D MVP, Genius
Chances of Getting Out: 4/5
Notes: Only upset here could be Happy over Genius. However, I like Genius's PvT. Also, as SlayerS_Miya says, Protoss imba.

Group E SuperNoVa, MC
Chances of Getting Out: 3/5
Notes: Even though GanZI may have MC's number at times, GanZI's TvP is shit. Also, MC should have the advantage in the GSL. Sniper could come up big here, defeating both MC and SuperNova, but I have faith in Supernova.

Group F Marineking, Parting
Chances of Getting Out: 3/5
Notes: First, Marineking WILL beat YuGiOh. After a close series in Code A, Marineking will study those games and I am sure he will be back and crush YuGiOh. Symbol Parting can go either way, but I give the edge to Parting. Yeah, every one of these guys can defeat MKP, but Marineking will learn and adapt.

Group G DongRaeGu, viOLet
Chances of Getting Out: 3/5
Notes: Idk why everyone is freaking out about this group. Oz has lost his fire, and I believe Maru is overrated. Dongraegu is a for sure go, and I will violet's ZvP over Oz. However, Violet might be different in the GSL than in overseas tournaments.

Group H Leenock, Ryung
Chances of Getting out: 4/5
Notes: Taeja will crush Ace. Idk how the hell he got into Code S. And in TvT , I give Ryung the edge over Taeja.

Lemme know what you guys think.


I lol'd at you thinking ThorZaiN will get out of his group.. it is his best matchup though, I believe. And I think Taeja might be better at TvT than Ryung right now, he's been stomping his TvTs lately besides the Red Bull games vs Bomber which I didn't watch XD. As a terran I'm rooting for Maru and I'm not sure Violet is ready for Code S since we haven't seen him play in it for so long.
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SpecFire
Profile Joined December 2010
United States1681 Posts
June 02 2012 00:26 GMT
#299
Well... I'm still not bought on GuMibear, I think hes just been really lucky lately. And why can't Thorzain beat them in a TvT? It's not unrealistic.

And I believe SlayerS will make a comeback this season.

Ryung's TvT is SO solid, I cannot see how he won't beat Taeja.

•|SlayerS_MMA| • Ryung • Fin • Puzzle •
GuitarBizarre
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United Kingdom332 Posts
June 02 2012 00:32 GMT
#300
On June 02 2012 09:11 thrawn1020 wrote:
Well, @FrostedMiniWheats and @Witten, neither one of you seems to have understood what I was saying.

I saw Symbol play. He was good. I know he has good results in foreign tournaments. I've seen the record.

Jjakji: didn't make it back into Code S. Also wildly overrated for his play in recent months. Sc: Struggling with his health, sure; but what league is he in? Code B. NO offense intended there, but he is in Code B. And lastly, Seed. Low-tier Code S player. Likely to perennially be in the Up and Down matches. I want better for him, but he hasn't shown it yet.

I want to see players do well coming out of Code B, don't get me wrong. I'm no Yonghwa apologist. There are people who have repeatedly qualified since we knew about Yonghwa. I know, the Code A qualifier is hard; but there are players who are more deserving of Code A slots; many are in Code A now.

Quoting GuitarBizarre "And on MKP's side, he's not going to fall apart just because of a few recent losses, he's been around too long for that."

Really, nobody has been around too long for that. Nobody is proven. MKP has one of the worst styles of any of the Code S terrans remaining for TvT. Only Happy and theSTC are worse, and they are at least practicing the right styles. And if you think that MKP can't fall out just because he survived GomTvT, then I urge you to watch the first round of Code A. Bring your handkerchief; there will be crying involved when some of your favorite old Terrans fall out. At this point, MKP is too good to lose out of Code A, but I see him as easily able to slip out of Code S and have some trouble coming back. This is no weekend tournament; This is a preparation-based format where it is not merely the best player at playing 30 games in a row who wins, it is the player who can define what it is about the other player they can attack and break down, and then execute it. And second places in foreign events that happen over a weekend, and/or old GSL formats that involved a lot of substandard players, don't mean diddly to me. I don't pay for the GSL to watch ladder games; I judge based on the best, most prepared games possible, with a specific opponent in mind. And the GSL has delivered. Casters can say what they want; words are wind. They are paid for them. MKP has been the best performer abroad in weekend tournaments -- congratulations to him. But I have more respect for players who win a GSL than players who win any foreign tournament -- excepting Jjakji, who has fallen off precipitously since he won.

Oh, and never, ever, did I say I thought MKP was "bad".

I'm looking for the part of that post where you actually made any points.

I can't find it.

What I can find is you repeatedly asserting that MKP has a bad style (Disagree, it kills players just as well as anyone elses style.), and that there is a "Right" style for T (Again, disagree. No such thing as a "right" style. Anything can lose.)

As for "ZOMG GSL IS THE ONLY TOURNAMENT THAT MATTERS" - Get off your high horse, really. A tournament is a tournament is a tournament. If MKP is beating good players anywhere, he can beat them anywhere. Does preparation time change the game some? Yes. Does it invalidate anything else? Fuck no.
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